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    Sporting Kansas City

    Children's Mercy Park, home of MLS side Sporting Kansas City

    Sporting have a rich history which includes two MLS Cup final wins and four US Open Cup triumphs.

    Originally called the Kansas City Wiz and then the Wizards, Sporting KC were a founding member of MLS ahead of the 1996 season. The franchise was started by Lamar Hunt, who founded the American Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Hunt Family sold the team to Sporting Club LLC in 2006 and they are currently run by president Jake Reid.

    The franchise rebranded from the Wizards to Sporting Kansas City in 2011, although the team nickname is still the Wizards. The official team colours are sporting blue and dark indigo with lead grey as a secondary colour. The SKC logo is a blue teardrop-shaped shield split in half to represent the Kansas-Missouri state line that goes through Kansas City. There are light blue stripes on the Kansas side and an interlocking S and C on the Missouri side. Sporting is written above both in white and Kansas City is at the top of the shield in a lead grey background.

    They originally played at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, but they now play their home games at Children's Mercy Park, sponsored by the local Children's Mercy Hospital. The stadium opened in 2011 as Livestrong Sporting Park and the name was changed to Sporting Park in 2013 before CMH signed on in 2015. The stadium is located near the Kansas Speedway and has 18,467 seats with a capacity of up to 25,000 for concerts and other events. The stadium has hosted CONCACAF Gold Cup games, World Cup qualifiers, Olympic qualifiers and friendlies for the USMNT and the USWNT.

    The Kansas City franchise has won the MLS Cup twice, as the Wizards in 2000 and Sporting in 2013. They also won the Supporters' Shield in 2000 and have four US Open Cups on their resume. They first claimed the trophy that is named after founder Lamar Hunt in 2004 and have since added trophies in 2012, 2015 and 2017. The franchise has made the MLS Cup play-offs in 18 of its 25 years in existence and the team has only finished below sixth in their conference once.

    The Beginning

    The Bob Gansler era

    The Wizards post-Gansler

    The Peter Vermes era

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